Comic shop hosts 'Doctor Who' party

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Nov 21, 2013 at 11:09 PM

Heroic Adventures hosts viewing and a party for “The Day of the Doctor” this Saturday.

PERRY TWP. Sci-fi fans and followers of the longtime British cult television series "Doctor Who" may don costumes of their favorite Time Lord, alien or other character, and enjoy a 50th anniversary party and free viewing on a big screen in the store of "The Day of the Doctor" Saturday at Heroic Adventures, 126 Gnau Ave. SW.

The first 50 people through the door will get a free comic book, said Curt Griffin, owner of the comic book shop. The shop opens at 11 a.m. and a showing of "The Day of the Doctor" will be at 2:50 p.m. with an encore at 7 p.m. The global simulcast covers more than 75 countries.

"It's going to be a huge big deal," Griffin said. "All the entertainment venues will be covering this thing."

The store will have a cake in the shape of the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space), the phone-booth shaped London police box that the doctor travels in through time and space. The party also will have a costume contest.